Service difficulty report · Lamp · Airbus A320*

Difficulty date
September 19, 2013
Submitted
November 20, 2013
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Airbus A320*
Part
Lamp
Part number
Q4559X
Part serial
42552
Condition
Damaged
Location
Landing Light
Component
Landing Light · Teleflex
Component part number
4331772
Stage of operation
LD
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
W
Precautionary procedure
O

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

LANDING LIGHT, RECEIVED WITH FLAWS IN LAMP LENS. GLASS OF LAMP APPEARS SCRATCHED AS WELL AS RIPPLING THROUGHOUT LENS SURFACE. THIS DEFICIENCY HAS BEEN NOTED ON MULTIPLE (3 EA) "NEW" LAMPS IN STOCK AT OUR FACILITY. MOST NOTABLE DEFECT BEING AN INDENT RESEMBLING A SCRATCH IN THE FORM ROUGHLY OF AN "S" IN THE SAME POSITION ON ALL LAMP LENS SURFACES.